THE EFFECTS OF CROSS & SELF FERTILISATION BY CHARLES DARWIN 1888 Second Edition

[DARWIN, CHARLES]. The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom. London: John Murray, 1888.

Hardcover. Second Edition. Octavo (200 x 140 mm), pp. [viii], 487, [32 adds]. Publisher's original green bead-grain cloth. Gilt titles and decoration to spine. Blind-panelled covers. Bottom edge trimmed, other edges untrimmed. Coated endpapers. Numerous table s and charts throughout. Authors advertisements verso title-page and to rear, dated September 1888. Imprint: 'London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross'. Index to rear in double columns. Condition: NEAR FINE. Collate complete. Binding secure. Points and edges sharp, with very slight bumping to spine ends. Covers and contents remarkably clean. Faintest touch of light foxing to endpapers. Without inking or bookplates.